BIOACID is the German research network on ocean acidification. Led by Prof. Ulf Riebesell from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Hans-Otto Pörtner from Alfred Wegener Institute Read more ›

the generation of superoxide intermediates which reacts with the normally inert carbon dioxide, forming a carbon-carbon oxalate that is widely used in many industries, including pharmaceutical, fiber and metal smelting Read more ›

Acidifying oceans are often thought of as an intractable problem with only a sole global solution – decrease carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. While that is true, it is also unlikely, at least in the near term. But there are other…Read more ›

Abstract The invasion of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into the ocean is shifting the marine carbonate system such that saturation states of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals are decreasing, and this is having a detrimental impact on early life stages of…Read more ›

DANBURY, Conn. — The more that engineers look, the more they find unexpected ways to capture carbon dioxide, a gas that scientists say threatens global climate stability. Until now, most efforts to capture carbon have been expensive, in dollars and…Read more ›

It may be the timeliest — and most troubling — idea in climate science. Back in 2012, two researchers with a particular interest in the Arctic, Rutgers’ Jennifer Francis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Stephen Vavrus, published a paper called…Read more ›

BURNABY, B.C. – Anti-pipeline activists camped out on a mountain near Vancouver clashed with police Thursday, as the RCMP enforced a court injunction ordering protesters to clear an encampment and allow work related to a proposed expansion project by Kinder…Read more ›

Canada is home to some of the most beautiful lakes in the world, but many of them are at risk of “jellification,” according to ​a paper published today in The Proceedings of The Royal Society B. The study’s authors, led…Read more ›

In this well prepared report you will find many links to articles that substantiate the situation we face, now: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American proverb March through…Read more ›

Lack of oversight is allowing fishing companies to flaunt regulations on human trafficking and overfishing, but campaigners say progress is slowly being made. Around 21 million people are enslaved worldwide, according to the International Labour Organisation, with workers on fishing…Read more ›

The results are in. Yesterday the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released it final report crystallizing 13 months of work by more than 800 scientists. The “synthesis report” gives a no-nonsense assessment of how the climate is changing,…Read more ›

There’s been much debate about why animals took so long to evolve and thrive on Earth. Now scientists say it was due to incredibly low levels of oxygen on Earth more than a billion years ago. A team determined the…Read more ›

After an alarming report of a collapsed fishery cancelled the shrimp season in the Gulf of Maine last year due to higher water temperatures, it seemed unthinkable to locals that it would happen again. “There are definitely still people that…Read more ›

A very young field of research is trying to measure the costs of oceans growing more acidic This month, the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity released a report updating the impacts of ocean acidification on marine life. This time, it…Read more ›

Student protesters led by the Green Amherst Project walked out of a presentation by climate skeptic and ecologist Patrick Moore on Thursday, Oct. 9. The presentation, entitled “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout,” was sponsored by the Amherst College Republicans. Moore,…Read more ›

A NEW HOPE TO SAVE THE PLANET Since the Industrial Revolution the oceans have absorbed approximately one-half (almost 525 billion tons) of human-released CO2 emissions. Where on one hand this has moderated effect of greenhouse gas emissions, it is chemically…Read more ›

by ROBERT HUNZIKER It is worse than we thought! New studies about the warming of the planet and the risk of massive release of methane from the Arctic are “worse than we thought.” As it goes, the danger to human…Read more ›

What GAO Found Ocean acidification could have a variety of potentially significant effects on marine species, ecosystems, and coastal communities, according to six summary reports that GAO reviewed. The reports were developed by federal agencies and others and were based…Read more ›

Some 400 million people depend on threatened coral reefs for their livelihoods, British scientists warn at UN meeting As well as warming the atmosphere, carbon dioxide emissions from power stations and cars dissolve in the ocean, making it more acidic.…Read more ›

Ocean acidification has risen by a quarter since pre-industrial times as a result of rising carbon emissions, casting a shadow over the seas as a future source of food, scientists warned on Wednesday. In the past two centuries, the sea’s…Read more ›

First published at The Daily Impact September 23, 2014: When three or more meteorological disturbances merge, the result is called a “perfect” storm to signify that it is more destructive than the sum of its parts. In the Pacific Ocean…Read more ›

A week before major UN talks on climate change, EPA extends comment period for rule to cut carbon pollution from plants Barack Obama applied the brakes to the most critical component of his climate change plan on Tuesday, slowing the…Read more ›

Sunday will see the biggest march against climate change in the planet’s history. But as we parade through the streets of New York, it will look — and sound — different than the big mass gatherings of the past century,…Read more ›